-Determine the strength and clarity in the author’s argument. Also determine if what you read makes sense and if the author has fully gotten their point across fully and effectively and if what they said kept you until the end or if it bored you in the middle.
Writing:
Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
-Basically, stick to the point and keep a relevant flow, but don’t be afraid to elaborate if you need to. It should also become more established throughout.
Speaking and Listening:
ELACC11-12SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
-Use other sources to form other opinions to make the writing more open minded. Also to make details and structure more concrete.
Language:
c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology, or its standard usage.
-Widen and advance vocabulary and sentence structure to strength your writing and enhance the clarity and knowledge.
ELACC11-12RI5: Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
-Determine the strength and clarity in the author’s argument. Also determine if what you read makes sense and if the author has fully gotten their point across fully and effectively and if what they said kept you until the end or if it bored you in the middle.
Writing:
Develop